I understand.

I understand. I didn’t mean the tags to be disrespectful or condescending. I‘ve changed the “Life Lessons” one.

My point was to emphasize that discussion should focus on questions and issues—not personalities, parties, or labels. I’ve found that these aren’t particularly helpful. People stop reasoning when emotions get too involved. An easy way of divorcing emotion from position is to ask someone with an entrenched view for the opposing points. Many of them don’t understand them and won’t be able to answer coherently.

This is a well-written article, by the way. It was a good read.